Thanks to Frank and Holly Hunt

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National Museum of African Art

950 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20560

Architect: Jean Paul Carlhian

(Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott)

Completed in 1987

The National Museum of African Art is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to the exhibition, collection, and the study of the traditional arts of sub Saharan Africa.  Its entrance pavilion leads to two lower levels of galleries and offices.

Photo credit: Robert C. Lautman